Bodegas Pentecostés Rías Baixas Albariño 2022

This is Bodegas Pentecostés's straight Albariño, grown on granite terraces almost within sight of the Atlantic.

Rias Baixas runs along the Atlantic coast of Galicia, where high rainfall, granite soils and constant sea air produce a white wine style found nowhere else in Spain. The fruit here comes from the granite terraces of the Pazo de Barreiro, close enough to the ocean for it to show in the wine as a saline, iodine-tinged edge. The grapes are hand-harvested and held overnight at ten degrees, then fermented slowly at cellar temperature in stainless steel, with a small portion of the crop fermented in French oak for texture rather than flavour. The wine is then left undisturbed on lees for six months, which builds the chiselled, mouth-filling texture that separates a serious Albarino from a simple one. Taut and mineral, with mouth-watering acidity wrapped around a dense core of orchard fruit and citrus pith.

Excellent young and capable of building complexity over four or five years. Serve at 10-12°C with oysters, grilled prawns or a whole roast fish.

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